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Shitty name for an informative site.

by jmspring 6y ago

Something1234 6y ago
This is the greatest name of all time. It's whimsical. It's full of internet humor and without the suits.
- rektide 6y ago
  first, silicpr0n would be funnier, because it rhymes better/is more glib. disclaimer, before heading on: i'm not sure how i feel about it to be honest. it's ok i suppose. decent. but it feels uninspired, at this point: traditional, expected. yes, i love the site, what it does, what it shows. the name itself doesn't titilate me further, doesn't add to my enjoyment- i think. although i enjoy a little glibness, a little playfulness. it still is kind of manufactured. abandonedporn, architectureporn, cableporn, conduitporn, engineeringporn, futureporn, .... how many varieties of thing-"porn" do i need? my core meta-analysis? i do think the whole internet is as a local maxima where attaching -pron or -porn or -pr0n to the end of any subject is how we say "pretty pictures". i get it, it gets the point, "in your dreams", but like, we're deep into Simulacra & Simulation territory, third degree: simulacra now precedes reality, the signified becomes meaningless. porn itself, real porn, is often unreal, often part simulation, but it still is second order, still signified a real. unmooring ourselves from sex, using porn to just mean, "hardly believable attractive take" on a thing, it's a direct enough disassociation, it makes sense. but it's also tiring to me, exhausting, that we have no other frames of desire or beauty we can hitch ourselves to. i wouldn't mind finding some other ways to anchor ourselves, meaning. i want whimsy, i think there is "something" added by the playfulness, the bending of meaning. reviewing, i think i'm being kind of cantankerous in my assessment. but it does seem like we're low on good options. that this space could use some inspiration & opening.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
    Imagine AlphaPP for 1st rate pretty pictures instead?
johndmcmaster 6y ago
The topic has come up a few times and I'm not opposed to changing it. If a good replacement name came up and someone helped with logos etc I'd change it

Shitty name for an informative site.

Something1234 6y ago

This is the greatest name of all time. It's whimsical. It's full of internet humor and without the suits.

rektide 6y ago
first, silicpr0n would be funnier, because it rhymes better/is more glib. disclaimer, before heading on: i'm not sure how i feel about it to be honest. it's ok i suppose. decent. but it feels uninspired, at this point: traditional, expected. yes, i love the site, what it does, what it shows. the name itself doesn't titilate me further, doesn't add to my enjoyment- i think. although i enjoy a little glibness, a little playfulness. it still is kind of manufactured. abandonedporn, architectureporn, cableporn, conduitporn, engineeringporn, futureporn, .... how many varieties of thing-"porn" do i need? my core meta-analysis? i do think the whole internet is as a local maxima where attaching -pron or -porn or -pr0n to the end of any subject is how we say "pretty pictures". i get it, it gets the point, "in your dreams", but like, we're deep into Simulacra & Simulation territory, third degree: simulacra now precedes reality, the signified becomes meaningless. porn itself, real porn, is often unreal, often part simulation, but it still is second order, still signified a real. unmooring ourselves from sex, using porn to just mean, "hardly believable attractive take" on a thing, it's a direct enough disassociation, it makes sense. but it's also tiring to me, exhausting, that we have no other frames of desire or beauty we can hitch ourselves to. i wouldn't mind finding some other ways to anchor ourselves, meaning. i want whimsy, i think there is "something" added by the playfulness, the bending of meaning. reviewing, i think i'm being kind of cantankerous in my assessment. but it does seem like we're low on good options. that this space could use some inspiration & opening.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Imagine AlphaPP for 1st rate pretty pictures instead?

johndmcmaster 6y ago

The topic has come up a few times and I'm not opposed to changing it. If a good replacement name came up and someone helped with logos etc I'd change it